Ashoka — Carnegie Challenge for Civic Leadership

Ashoka’s Changemakers invites young people running or proposing community civic-leadership projects to apply for tiered funding: early Civic Seed Grants (US$50–100), Civic Promise Awards ($250–500), Civic Impact Awards ($1,000), and Grand Prize Civic Leadership Awards ($5,000–10,000). Applicants must be aged 5 to 20 and located in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, or the United States. The final deadline is 31 January 2027. Carnegie Challenge